Work & commute · Thedford

Work & commute in Thedford, NE

Most working residents leave Thedford for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Broken Bow (8%), North Platte (5%) and Kearney (5%). Half commute less than 59 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

11 of 73 working residents

Typical commute

59 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 62 Thedford residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thedford.

62live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thedford goes to work

Thedford (in town)right here

15%11

Broken Bow62.4 mi away

8%6

North Platte59.7 mi away

5%4

Kearney117.4 mi away

5%4

Omaha238.7 mi away

4%3

Dunning26.4 mi away

3%2

Mullen24.5 mi away

3%2

Lincoln217.6 mi away

3%2

Sarasota, FL1434.1 mi away

1%1

Colby, KS181 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%37

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Thedford commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

34%

51%

34%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

51%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thedford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Thedford are

93 jobs are based in Thedford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thedford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Thedford

93 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Thedford residents hold

73 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−21%

Jobs based in Thedford, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 93. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.